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[kefkakrazy]

I was thinking about a new page for the wiki. It'd essentially be a more condensed, easy-to-use version of the Dwarfputer page-right now it's written for advanced players, and this page would be more about how to use Dwarfputer concepts for simpler means (like automatically-resetting spikes, etc). Thoughts?

[BirdoPrey]

I don't think you really need to ask permission to change a wiki... that's kind of the point of the wiki. If the changes are good, they'll stay. Go for it!

[Uninvited Guest]

I was thinking about a new page for the wiki. It'd essentially be a more condensed, easy-to-use version of the Dwarfputer page-right now it's written for advanced players, and this page would be more about how to use Dwarfputer concepts for simpler means (like automatically-resetting spikes, etc). Thoughts?

i have considered your proposal and after much deliberation, i have decided to grant you permission to edit the wiki.

[Duke 2.0]

I was thinking about a new page for the wiki. It'd essentially be a more condensed, easy-to-use version of the Dwarfputer page-right now it's written for advanced players, and this page would be more about how to use Dwarfputer concepts for simpler means (like automatically-resetting spikes, etc). Thoughts?

i have considered your proposal and after much deliberation, i have decided to grant you permission to edit the wiki.

After submitting the proper forums and proposing your idea to the board of directors, they decided that it would be okay to submit your request to the Wiki Arbiters. Hopefully, in three weeks time, they will approve it and allow it to be mentioned in the Shareholder meeting. After that, it could be a mere two months before it could be considered to be reviewed by the editing staff. That is, if it passes the Three Trials of Frawd and defeats a trained gorilla in armed combat.
 I have high hopes for this idea.

 Edit: Unless the Dictator for Life decides to veto it, which he will, because he vetoes everything. Thankfully, we have streamlined the process from having it pass the challenges of the Hell Temple to merely finding the Gates of Insanity. If the Lovecraftian Horrors happen to be sleeping, this idea could get the Lost Ark and return it to the Temple of Fiends.

[ThtblovesDF]

Hi, I would really like to know more about this Ironblood fella, a page about him and/or his history would be nice.

[Skorpion]

I'd say it's a good idea. You have my vote; be nice to have a searchable system for constructing simple logic gates.

[kefkakrazy]

Buncha snarky buggers, aren't we?

No, I was just polling for public opinion. This page would probably incorporate the "Permanent Pressure Plate" bit from the bottom of the pressure plate page (how to set a repeating pressure plate to activate once and not unactivate), as well as other basic fluid logic and machinery stuff. Probably the page name will be something like "Mechanical Tricks" or something simple like that. I'll work on it later. Anyone want to draw up helpful diagrams? I suck at them so the best I can do is using Photoshop or Paint.

Let's see what I'm probably going to be including...

A: Setting up a mechanism-linked object to constantly repeat once activated with a single lever press,

B: (Possible?) Setting a pressure plate to activate once and then stop having any effect when triggered (this is already on the pressure plate page)

Any other suggestions?

[kefkakrazy]

I am working on it, I'll let you beardchewers take a look at what I have so far while I Cancel Write Wiki Page: Completing class assignment. I know the writing is sloppy, I'm going to rewrite it later or... something. Hmm.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The dwarves in your fortress with the potential to cause the most damage to your enemies (and, if you're not careful, the most [[fun]]), are your [[mechanics]]. Unlike most dwarves, these evil creatures are possessed with an unholy gleeful hatred for all living things, and it is through them that the twisted, blood-soaked will of Armok is wrought.

===Pressure Plate Tips===
Pressure plates are the bread and butter of the true machinist. Any half-sober twit can set up pressure plates to be activated by an invading force; it takes a true machinist to devise other ways in which to use them. There are those who have begun developing [[Computing|bleak machines fuelled by captured souls]], but we will not concern ourselves with this-that's only for the REAL weirdos.

The first use to which you can put your pressure plates is to replace a dwarf in the activation process for a mechanism-linked object. In this example, consider upright spikes. The simplest, most straightforward method is to link the spike to a lever and then order a dwarf to pull on the lever over and over in the hopes that it will cause more booze to rain from the ceiling. This method is simple and easy. Unfortunately, it also runs the risk of your lever-puller deciding that he has become dangerously sober and abandoning his post in search of more booze at the very moment the goblin horde crosses the threshold of the spike traps.

The machinist's way of tackling this problem involves pressure plates and water. A small chamber should be constructed, and within it constructed three pressure plates and two doors, encasing the pressure plates within the doors.